An item reported that on on Monday evening a reception was organized on board of the British destroyer HMS Westcott commanded by J.A.C. Hill and 3 submarines [Odin, Otus and Grampys] lying at Tandjong-Priok, Dutch East Indies and which was visited by a large number of British and Dutch local residents.
Notes
1. Of the Admiralty W-class, preceded by S and Parker classes, succeeded by Thornycroft type destroyer leader, building ordered in December 1916, laid down by William Denny&Brothers Ltd, Scotland on 30 March 1917, launched on 14 February 1918, commissioned on 12 April 1918, converted into a long-range escort vessel in 1943, decommissioned on 26 June 1945 and sold to be broken up in 1946.
2. Of the O-class, preceded by L-class, succeeded by Parthian-class, laid down by Chatham Dockyard on 23 June 1927, launched on 5 May 1928, commissioned on 21 December 1929 and rammed and sunk by the Italian destroyeers Strale and Baleno in the Gulf of Taranto on 13 June 1940.
3. Of the O-class, preceded by L-class, succeeded by Parthian-class, laid down by Vickers-Armstrong, Barow-in-Furness, United Kingdom on 31 May 1927, launched on 31 August 1928 , commissioned on 5 July 1929, decommissioned in March 1946 and scuttled of Durban, South Africa in September 1946.
4. Of the Grampus-clas mine laying submarines, preceded by River-class, succeeded by T-class, laid down by Chatham Dockyard on 20 August 1934, launched on 25 February 1936, commissioned on 10 March 1937 and sunk by Italian naval forces in the Syracuse-Augusta area off Sicily on 16 June 1940.
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